Posted: 12/7/2025 10:21:03 PM EDT
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The Tasmanian Tiger IFK MKII small looks nice. Before I pull the trigger, I wanted to see if there's anything else in the 6" x 6" size category, similar price or less. 2" deep, maybe even 3" might due. I don't necessarily need "rapid", but I like the style. The ability to: - open and see items in an orderly fashion, and not have to dig - don't need to pack too much in there, so 6x6x2 would be plenty Something like this, just looking for options: TT IFAK Pouch MKII, Small |
I like these:  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01G07FO8E?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_3&th=1 I have one of in each of my vehicles and have been pleasantly surprised at the amount of stuff that they hold and everything is easy to get to. It would take me a while to type out an inventory list but they have been a huge asset more times than I can count. |
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Originally Posted By 2Hut8: I like these: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81ImJhTCUbL._AC_SL1500_.jpg https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01G07FO8E?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_3&th=1 I have one of in each of my vehicles and have been pleasantly surprised at the amount of stuff that they hold and everything is easy to get to. It would take me a while to type out an inventory list but they have been a huge asset more times than I can count. Thanks. I grabbed these for the car kits, but I like what you posted for a bit smaller kit, so I'll check it out. Attached File Attached File Thus far, here is what's in the kit, which is a mix car/home for each of my adult children: 1 - Thumb Handle Tweezers with Fine Point Tip 1 – 5.5” shears 1 – 7.5” trauma Shears 1 – CPR Mask adult and child 1 - Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT Tourniquet) - Gen 7 1 - Kit Rhino Rescue™ First Aid Splints (36", 18", 9", 4", plus bangades) 1 - Vomit bag 2 - Chemlights 1 - Emergency Blanket 1 - Key chain light that throws really well. They car kits have nicer, larger, lights in them. 1 - QuikClot Combat Gauze 1 - Chest Seal double pack- Might be overlkill 1 - Surgical Latex Gloves (pair) 1 - Durapore Tape, 1" roll 1 - Adhesive Cloth Tape 2” roll 1 - NAR Mini Responder 4" ETD 1 - NAR Emergency Trauma Dressing 1 - Mini Compression Bandage 1 - Triangular Bandage, 40" x 40" x 56" 1 - Pack of Assorted Adhesive Bandages (the pack from RE) 1 - 3M™ Steri-Strip™ Reinforced 6 Skin Closures (1/2 in x 4 in) 2 - Sterile Gauze 4" x 4" Sponges 2 - Gauze Sponges, 2" x 2" 2 - 3" X 4" Non-Adherent Pad w/ Adhesive 2 - 2" X 3" Non-Adherent Pad w/ Adhesive - 1 - Eye Pads, Sterile 1-5/8" x 2-5/8" 3 - Moleskin 2" x 3" 1 - Tincture of Benzoin Ampules 1 - Alcohol Prep Pads (6 pack) 1 - BZK Antiseptic Towelettes (10 pack) 2 - Disposable Cold Compress 4” x 5” 1 - Hand Warmers (2-Pack) 2 - Saljet Rinse 0.9% Sterile Saline Solution Triple Antibiotic (10 pack, Unit Doses) Calagel Unit Dose Packets (6 doses) 1 - pack, with at least 4 of each - Medications Unit Dose Pack (Ibuprofen, Acetaminophen, Aspirin, Loperamide, Diphenhydramine, & Calcium Carbonate) |
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That is quite a list. How much of that do you know how to use? Having lights in the bag is interesting, especially chemlights. I generally have a flashlight on my person so why would I use space in my kit for one? Emergency blanket? I have at least four in each of the cars. I guess that I am of the opinion that a number of items in your kit are luxuries but I don't allocate the same amount of space and weight to my kit as you have in yours. One thing that I did not mention is that my kits tend to leave the car and go with us when we venture like hiking or canoeing. They get carried a lot and used very little. In my kit, the most commonly used items are band-aids, gauze pads, medical tape, Neosporin, ibuprofen. burn gel, tweezers, allergy meds. So there are probably eight different size/types of band-aids in the kits and at least eight of each, except for the really large ones. I may have two of those. I try to keep enough of the common items that I don't have to resupply as soon as I use one. You may be surprised about what you can do with a band aid. My son got bit by a dog. It tore a three inch gash in his lower leg, fascia hanging out, bleeding heavily, it was a good bite. I used a large band aid to cover it and we headed to the ER. After waiting in the ER for 90 minutes he started to bleed through the band-aid but they got him in and stitched him up. I don't remember if it was eight or ten stitches. I had butterfly closures but the stuff hanging out discouraged me from using them. I wasn't about to stuff it back in. Doctor trimmed it off. To keep things clean and organized, I bought some 4mil thick zip-lock bags in various sizes to keep things in. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09Z112VTH?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_11&th=1 And the travel size ibuprofen/aspirin/whatever bottles are awesome. They hold like twenty pills, are tough, refillable, water tight, and very convenient. I have them for Ibuprofen, Aspirin, and Benadryl.  I also have a couple of the old style military pressure dressings in my kits. They are packaged very well for tight spaces are very useful. I wish that I could find more of them. What I have is left over from my days in the Marine Corps and now everyone sells Israeli style, which are HUGE or they are not package efficiently. I get that they are better bandages but they are not nearly as space efficient. I believe that I could fit three 6x6 bandages of mine in the space of one 6x6 of the modern bandages. Maybe six of mine in the space of one Israeli bandage. Since I have only needed to break out a pressure dressing once in the last 30 years and I could not begin to count the number of hours that I have carried these kits around..... I may have to break one out and take some pictures...... |
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Originally Posted By 2Hut8: That is quite a list. How much of that do you know how to use? Having lights in the bag is interesting, especially chemlights. I generally have a flashlight on my person so why would I use space in my kit for one? Emergency blanket? I have at least four in each of the cars. I guess that I am of the opinion that a number of items in your kit are luxuries but I don't allocate the same amount of space and weight to my kit as you have in yours. One thing that I did not mention is that my kits tend to leave the car and go with us when we venture like hiking or canoeing. They get carried a lot and used very little. In my kit, the most commonly used items are band-aids, gauze pads, medical tape, Neosporin, ibuprofen. burn gel, tweezers, allergy meds. So there are probably eight different size/types of band-aids in the kits and at least eight of each, except for the really large ones. I may have two of those. I try to keep enough of the common items that I don't have to resupply as soon as I use one. You may be surprised about what you can do with a band aid. My son got bit by a dog. It tore a three inch gash in his lower leg, fascia hanging out, bleeding heavily, it was a good bite. I used a large band aid to cover it and we headed to the ER. After waiting in the ER for 90 minutes he started to bleed through the band-aid but they got him in and stitched him up. I don't remember if it was eight or ten stitches. I had butterfly closures but the stuff hanging out discouraged me from using them. I wasn't about to stuff it back in. Doctor trimmed it off. To keep things clean and organized, I bought some 4mil thick zip-lock bags in various sizes to keep things in. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09Z112VTH?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_11&th=1 And the travel size ibuprofen/aspirin/whatever bottles are awesome. They hold like twenty pills, are tough, refillable, water tight, and very convenient. I have them for Ibuprofen, Aspirin, and Benadryl. https://target.scene7.com/is/image/Target/GUEST_743c88e6-56ff-4df9-83ac-55a9852ad491?wid=1200&hei=1200&qlt=80 I also have a couple of the old style military pressure dressings in my kits. They are packaged very well for tight spaces are very useful. I wish that I could find more of them. What I have is left over from my days in the Marine Corps and now everyone sells Israeli style, which are HUGE or they are not package efficiently. I get that they are better bandages but they are not nearly as space efficient. I believe that I could fit three 6x6 bandages of mine in the space of one 6x6 of the modern bandages. Maybe six of mine in the space of one Israeli bandage. Since I have only needed to break out a pressure dressing once in the last 30 years and I could not begin to count the number of hours that I have carried these kits around..... I may have to break one out and take some pictures...... Yeah. This began as a Vehicle emergency kit, flares, duct tape, etc. Then I thought, start a second kit for travel/home first aid, knowing I'll likely have to break them down to two different kits, where the vehicle kit would compliment the home it. Now that I received the final items, I have to work through all this....stuff and figure it out. |